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Derrick smyer was willing to take it. prosecutors had painted him as a child hating, cold blooded killer. derek and his attorney were determined to show he was anything but. do you recall the birth of your daughter s? yes i do. what was the date? it was today, actually. april 26, 1998. and you are there for the birth, correct? of course. derrick told the jury that he was a loving and devoted father to his two girls. how would you describe your relationship? while they were growing up it was strong, in my opinion. and he was adamant that he had nothing to do with the attacks on trey sewell she was pregnant. did you ever attack it because he wanted the kid killed, you wanted her to have an abortion? no, i did not. in fact that pointed already dropped out of school, i was working, i was buying bottles, others invested in the well-being of my daughter. derrick told the jury that ....
But he does not want to have a baby. and gianna recalled the day before krystal was murdered, her first day back at work, derrick called again. could you hear anything with respect to the conversation she was having? no, the only thing i heard was before she hung up the phone she was like, whatever. because she was crying, she was like whatever. she got it from her desk. when she got up from her desk, did you see where she? went she went to the bathroom. and when you followed her in the bathroom what was she doing? crying. then detective beth smith testified about two key pieces of evidence, that the first jury never saw. first the photo of derek on the high school back spoil teen, proving that he did play basketball. an important detail because police believed derek met skyler more on the basketball court. the second new piece of evidence was security footage from the night before krystal s murder. ....
Look for. between c-styles and derek smyer. and c-styles said back in the summer of 2001, garrett began complaining about a problem named crystal tylor. he described derrick as being desperate because of this pregnant girl. he said that derek had called him a gold digger, and by getting rid of her, that takes care of the problem of having child support. so he said that he and derrick worked out a deal, c-styles would pull the trigger. and derek smyer would owe him a favor. did he promise you money? did he promise you don t? it was just a mixture. he basically promised me loyalty and whatnot. so that s why i say, money was really a factor. because this is gonna be more beneficial down the line. that s how this works? i always thought that when you wanted somebody killed you had to pay money for that? everybody glamorizes and things of it that way, but in ....
Together. the defense says derrick was with a high school friend, and eric sister danielle said derek mata gangbangers on the basketball court is absurd. but he grew up playing basketball in a bunch of other score. did he play in high? school he did in high school, he played high school up until s junior. have not touched a basketball, since derrick s not play basketball. in this court, everything was on the line. that is when dire derrick s meyer never shied away from explaining himself in the past, took the stand. i coming up, derrick but a dutiful dad to be? i was prepared to take care of my responsibility. when dateline continues. ine continues. ....
They re shocked. that this is happened. they told him that the day before she was killed, crystal received a phone call at work that seemed to upset her. and then, they dropped a bombshell. that, a, she was pregnant. and, b, the person that she was pregnant by did not want her to be pregnant any longer. you couldn t tell crystal taylor s pregnant if you are lying on the ground? i couldn t tell. i couldn t tell. in fact, she was five months along. her unborn son died when she did. crystal had told friends the father of her child was a guy named derek smyer. so you won t find out where derek is? that s it. we want to find out everything about him right now. the detective learned crystal and derrick had a quick fling that only lasted a month or so. they met at anderson park, which is near both their jobs. by now, it was lunchtime. derek wasn t in his office. so williams drove to the park bringing crystal s work friends ....